TY - JOUR T1 - Study of Cisplatin effects in comparison with Curcumin on Cdc42 gene expression in human Calu-6 lung carcinoma cell line TT - بررسی اثرات هم افزایی کورکومین با داروی سیس‌­پلاتین بر بیان ژن Cdc42 در سلول­‌های رده Calu-6 کارسینومای ریه در انسان JF - nbr JO - nbr VL - 8 IS - 4 UR - http://nbr.khu.ac.ir/article-1-3407-en.html Y1 - 2022 SP - 253 EP - 264 KW - apoptosis KW - cell viability KW - epithelial cell line KW - proliferation N2 - Lung carcinoma is the second most common type of cancer. Inefficiency of the current treatments and the undesirable side effects of chemotherapy drugs made the know-how of the treatment important. The purpose of this study is to investigate the synergic effect of curcumin and Cisplatin in comparison with the sole application of each treatment on Calu-6 cell line, an epithelial cell line of human lung carcinoma, and the expression of Cdc42 gene. The viability of Calu-6 was examined after 24- or 48-hour treatment with doses of 0.5 to 8 µg/ml of curcumin, 0.1 to 50 µg/ml of cisplatin and combined doses of curcumin and Cisplatin by MTT assay. To measure apoptosis and the expression of Cdc42 gene, flow cytometry and Real-Time PCR were utilized. Decrease of cell viability and induction of cell death were observed in the cells treated with 0.67 µg/ml of curcumin and 1.7 µg/ml of cisplatin (the lowest effective dose) and the combined treatment with the same doses of each drug after 24-hour treatments. The maximum rates of early and late apoptosis were related to treatment with curcumin and the combined treatment. The gene expression analysis results indicated that both Curcumin and Cisplatin decrease the expression of Cdc42 gene, moreover, their co-administration showed synergic effects. Therefore, Curcumin could be an appropriate option for complementary administration with other chemotherapy agents in order to reduce their efficient dose, and to reduce their side effects. M3 10.52547/nbr.8.4.253 ER -